We’re Listening: Introducing the New ‘Reply All’ Blog Series on Blog.Grants.gov

The Reply All blog series addresses your questions and feedback received on Grants.gov’s various platforms – including Search, Workspace, Blog.Grants.gov, Twitter, and YouTube – that may be relevant to a wider user audience. This is the first post in the series.

Q: I noticed the Grantor Validation tab in your Workspace videos, but I don’t see it in the workspace I’m applying with. What is it and why am I not seeing it?

Applicants who have access to the Preview Grantor Validation tab are able to preview the errors and warnings their application package would encounter from the grant-making agency. This preview feature compares the current state of your application package against the validations in the grant-making agency’s grants system.

However, this Workspace feature must be “turned on” by the grant-making agency funding the grant for which you are applying.

If you do not see the Preview Grantor Validation tab, your grant-making agency does not currently offer this service to applicants.

The development team at Grants.gov is ready to work with the grantor in order to initiate the Preview Grantor Validation service for all of its grant opportunities.

Thanks for the question. Currently, the Preview Grantor Validation service is only available to NIH applicants. If you are applying for an NIH funding opportunity and have created a Workspace to do so, you will see the Preview Grantor Validation tab in your Workspace. If you are having trouble navigating Workspace, here’s the Workspace Overview section for more details: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/workspace-overview.html